To mark this day I'm encouraging you all to tell a friend about DARKER STILL if you loved it. Or tell an enemy if you hated it. Regardless, first books in a new series always need a little extra love, oomph, and marquee attention, especially on a debut effort onto new shelves. So I'm incentivizing your word-of-mouth action by entering you dear book-talkers into a contest for one of the limited ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) copies I will receive sometime in June of the Magic Most Foul sequel, releasing this November, titledTHE TWISTED TRAGEDY OF MISS NATALIE STEWART.

1. There’s a haunted painting. A British Lord is trapped inside. And he’s really good looking. (See, that’s three reasons just in one). Feel free to snag that #Denburylicious badge and use it on your site! (Just please link to my site or a Darker Still product page).

THE RULES to be entered to be one of the first to receive an ARC of THE TWISTED TRAGEDY OF MISS NATALIE STEWART: (Again, my ARCs will arrive in June from Sourcebooks)

It's easy. Just comment below and share how you told friends about DARKER STILL in any number of ways. Just please be sure to comment, I'M NOT PSYCHIC. (Some of my characters may be, but I'm not). As you share, please leave some link as to how to contact you if you win the ARC!

Possible ways to participate in National Tell-a-friend-about-Darker-Still Day - any one of these is an entry:

- Mention the book to a friend.

- Or share this blog post via the share buttons below.

- Or Tweet about Darker Still. Did you find something #Denburylicious.

- Or you could click and "Like" the book on the Barnes & Noble product page or via any bookstore platform that has a "Like" or share option.

- Or you could buy it if you haven't already (It's currently on promotion in your local Barnes & Noble store! Check out their yellow end-cap signs that say something like "buy books and get a book free"!). It's also featured at Indie Bound, due to the Indie Next List ranking.

- Or check your local library and if they haven't ordered DARKER STILL, suggest it for their collection, it's a nice tie-in to classic literature, a big plus for library systems.

- Or use your imagination. :)

Just comment as to how you've shared this first installment in the Magic Most Foul saga with a friend and you'll be entered to be one of THE VERY FIRST PEOPLE IN ALL THE LAND to recieve an ARC of the sequel!! thanks and blessings! Without readers, we writers couldn't be writers. There are no words to express how much we writers appreciate you readers.

I went my my local library this morning to a High School. During my "pitch" for my blog and the library I told them a great book to read would be... and I mentioned Darker Still :) along with some other books. We spoke to 3 different classrooms so that is some exposure whooot!

This is still on my TBR shelf (and author-signed, w00t!) but I have spread the word a bit. -I bought a copy at Barnes & Noble (in store) before Christmas to gift to a teen girl.-I am enthusiastically encouraging my 17 yo daughter to read and have commented thusly on my FB page: http://www.facebook.com/paigevest/posts/379372445411057-I've RTed the link to this blog post: https://twitter.com/#!/Leannarenee/status/167315295579553792-I've also +1'd this post on Google!

I have been raving about your work since TempleCon. I am so lost in reading your book I almost forgot to sleep! I've also been promoting though facebook and google+, nothing but the best for my new favorite author.

Okay, let's see...Ever since I bought the book, I've been urging my friends and sister to read it, I gave it a 5 star review on goodreads (http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/195003627), and I posted a link to this blog on my tumblr (http://thegoldenruleof666.tumblr.com). Loved Darker Still; thanks for this opportunity!

Wow. Well, here the thing. I reviewed Darker Still on my blog last year (http://talkmusebanter.blogspot.in/2011/12/darker-still-magic-most-foul-1.html) and I'd love to read the next installment. Thanks SO much!

Ah, I'm so excited about this contest! I'm a bit late in commenting, because I was hoping to have time to write up a full review on my blog this week. I still plan to do that soon, but I don't think I'll make the contest deadline, unfortunately. In the meantime, I tweeted on Darker Still Day about how much I loved the book (and about Denburyliciousness, of course!).

I also posted the graphic about the book in the sidebar of my blog: http://www.katrinabender.com

And while I haven't written a full review yet, I posted my Darker Still fan art in my latest blog entry here: http://www.katrinabender.com/2012/02/08/scbwi-conference-report-the-power-of-self-definition/

I hope it helps to promote the book! I also instructed two of my best friends, one of whom is a librarian in training, to read it as soon as possible. (They're really into books, so I know they'll recommend it to their friends too.) But that was before I knew about the contest, so I figured it doesn't technically count. ;)

You guys are THE BEST! Seriously, your responses and enthusiasm made me cry. I wish I could include everyone. As it stands, I put two names into the randomizer via Random.org and Ren and SupaGurl came out as the winners, thanks everyone for your support, for those of you with review blogs, please look for The Twisted Tragedy of Miss Natalie Stewart on NetGalley starting likely in August, any questions don't hestitate to contact me. Blessings and thanks so much.

ETERNA AND OMEGA (Eterna Files 2)

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Actress, playwright and award winning, Barnes & Noble bestselling author of the STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL, the MAGIC MOST FOUL and the ETERNA FILES series of Gothic Victorian Fantasy novels for adults and teens. Her books have been translated into many languages and chosen for multiple book club editions. Four time Prism Award winner for excellence in her genre. Actress (Member AEA, SAG-AFTRA), lifelong Perky Goth, vegetarian, devotee of all things 19th century, owner of more corsets than is sensible, loves nothing more than a good ghost story (she works for Boroughs of the Dead tour company) and a long stroll through a beautiful graveyard. Passionate advocate of Gothic Literature at conventions, symposiums and schools around the country. A proud member of performer unions AEA and SAG-AFTRA, she works often in film and television on shows such as Boardwalk Empire.
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